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JOHN B TAY LOR OF LA MONTE, MISSOURI.

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$PECIFICA'1'ION forming part of Letters Patent No. 330,752, dated November 1'7, 1885.

Application filed August 15, 1885.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, .JOHN B. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States, residing at La Monte, in the county of Pettis and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for Removing Wagon-Bodies, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to apparatus for hoisting wagon-beds and'analogous heavy and large objects and suspending them at such a height as to be out of the way.

The appliances which I have devised forthis purpose consist of a journaled shaft held in the upper timbers of a wagon-shed or analogous structure, having upon it a power-wheel with curved guiding-forks and a rope'secured round it and carried down to the side of the building and passed over a pulley to be taken hold of by hand. This wheel by preference is placed near the midlength of the shaft and is fixed thereto. Near the ends of the shaft ropes are fastened, which are let down to join branching ropes which reach out over and are secured to the sides of the bed or some other convenient part. By drawing upon the powerwheel the body of the wagon will be elevated.

The device may be applied upon a frame, as shown, which can be placed near a wheelwright or smith shop to hold up the wagon while the wheels are off or being repaired and replaced.

The accompanying drawings illustrate my invention.

Figure l is an end elevation, and Fig. 2 is a plan, of the apparatus.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both figures.

Arepresents the fixed frame, which, as above indicated, may be a part of a structure in which vehicles are kept or a frame especially provided. B is a shaft journaled in the end beams of the frame. Near its center it is provided with the power-wheel G, which is fixed to it, and has the rope D passed round and secured to it at one end, while the other end extends down under pulley E and out to be drawn upon by hand or other power. Near the ends of the shaft ropes F F are secured, with branch Serial No. 174,510. (No model.)

ropes F extending outward from them for attachment to the sides of the wagon. By drawing upon rope D the body will be elevated, as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1. The power-wheel C is grooved around its circumference to receive the rope, and at suitable intervals has outward-curved horns or guidingarms to prevent the rope from getting out of the groove. These horns are marked 0. This apparatus is not only useful to farmers, teamst'ers, and other users of wagons and other vehicles, but, as already stated, it may with good effect be employed in shops for suspending the body and gear while the wheels are off; and also it can be made use of to elevate wagonbodies or other vehicles for painting, finishing, or otherwise operating upon them; and, indeed, it will be found useful in any connection where heavy articles are to be raised for any purpose. The power-wheel being of considerably larger diameter than the shaft, great leverage and purchase are afforded thereby, and by reason of the pulley E a horizontal draw is made to elevate the bed or other object.

Having thus described my invention, what I desire to claim, and secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. An apparatus for hoisting heavy bodies, consisting of the journaled shaft B, having the drop-ropes attached near each end thereof, and the power-wheel O, mounted upon it, and the draw-rope D, secured to said power-wheel.

2. The combination of the shaft B, journaled in frame A, having drop rope or ropes F, and a power-wheel, O, with curved horns or guides c c on it, and a draw-rope, D, attached to said 

